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UBC profs say Aboriginal oral history misunderstood
Although it's been recognized as a legitimate form of evidence in Canada's courtrooms since 1997, UBC academics say misunderstanding and bias against Aboriginal cultures and practices have created confusion around the use of oral history in Canada's courtrooms. It's an error they say we need to correct, especially given the prominence of its use in Aboriginal land claims. Read more…
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Attawapiskat third party manager will stay: Federal Court judge
Federal Court Judge Michael L. Phelan has turned down the Attawapiskat First Nation's request to enjoin the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs from imposing third party management, or at least to keep the third party manager from being paid out of funds intended for the members of the Attawapiskat First Nation. Read more…
Youth reps: Canada needs national strategy for Aboriginal children
Canada must develop a comprehensive plan to improve the lives of Aboriginal children, says a national coalition of youth advocates. Read more…
Attawapiskat seeks injunction against third-party manager
The Attawapiskat First Nation has filed a request for an injunction removing the third-party manager imposed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, while Chief Theresa Spence has also signed an affidavit comparing the impact of the third-party manager to her experience in residential school. Read more…
New funding partnership for First Nations schools 'significant': FNESC
A new agreement signed today between B.C. First Nations, and the provincial and federal governments sets the stage for funding parity between public and reserve schools in this province. Read more…
Martin to Harper: Stop imposing your will on First Nations
Former prime minister Paul Martin tried to find something to salvage in the historic talks between First Nations chiefs and Stephen Harper. Instead, what he saw was the federal government wasting more time and sending the chiefs home empty handed. Read more…
Chief to Harper: Address native concerns or face 'aboriginal uprising'
A prominent B.C. native leader says Prime Minister Stephen Harper risks an "Aboriginal uprising" unless his government can improve relations with First Nations. Read more…
Harper, chiefs at odds over fate of the Indian Act
Prime Minister Stephen Harper sees the Indian Act as something that can be updated to reflect modern practices. But Shawn Atleo, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, led a parade of speakers who described the century-old legislation as a boulder blocking the path to collaboration. Read more…
First Nations chiefs prepare for landmark meeting with Harper
About 30 native leaders crammed into a teepee on a small island in the middle of the Ottawa River this morning to prepare for a landmark summit with Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Read more…
Northern Gateway hearings start in Kitimat on $5.5 billion oil pipeline proposal
Depending on who's talking, the proposed Northern Gateway oil pipeline project has the potential to make Canada rich, while risking an environmental disaster on the scale of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Read more…
UN criticizes conditions in Attawapiskat
The UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples has criticized the federal government's treatment of Attawapiskat and other First Nations communities. In response, the office of Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan has said the Rapporteur's comments had "inaccuracies" and lacked "credibility." Read more…
DTES tenants being squeezed by gentrification, says new report
Low-income residents of the Downtown Eastside are being squeezed out of affordable housing by "rapacious" real-estate development, warns a Vancouver anti-poverty group in a report released today. Read more…
Attawapiskat: Duncan says Spence accepts third-party management; Spence says "it's a lie"
In an unusual Sunday-morning news release, Aboriginal Affairs minister John Duncan said Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence had accepted third-party management for her reserves. But Spence, in a letter read to Duncan on CTV Question Period, called that a lie. Read more…
Attawapiskat must pay Ottawa appointee $1,300 a day to run its finances
OTTAWA - The federal government is forcing the troubled Attawapiskat First Nation to pay a private-sector consultant about $1,300 a day to run its finances -- even though the government's own assessments say the third-party management system is not cost-effective. Read more…
Appointed third-party manager kicked out of Attawapiskat
The third-party manager appointed by the Harper government to take over finances in Attawapiskat has been kicked out, according to a report from APTN News. Read more…
BC First Nations community split over Northern Gateway pipeline
Members of a British Columbia First Nation where hereditary chiefs have voiced support for the Northern Gateway pipeline appear split over the controversial project. Read more…
Indigenous leaders to pressure Obama on Keystone XL
Indigenous leaders will present an anti-Keystone XL pipeline petition to President Barack Obama on Friday, the latest development in a story The Tyee first began reporting from a South Dakota tribal casino last September. Read more…
More action wanted on premier's aboriginal action plan promise
The British Columbia government is saying the right things about supporting aboriginal people living off reserve, but is yet to commit funding, said Paul Lacerte, the executive director of the B.C. Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres. Read more…
Organizations agree to work together on aboriginal social services
Two umbrella organizations are signing an agreement today to work more closely together to improve social services for aboriginal people living off-reserve. Read more…
Agreement reached on new B.C. First Nations health plan
First Nations living in British Columbia will soon have much of their healthcare delivered to them by a separate health authority, following an agreement struck today between the B.C. First Nations Health Council and provincial and federal health ministries. Read more…
